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Tuesday, 22 August 2017

The Barmera Hotel Haunting

The Barmera Hotel Haunting

Built in 1932 as a community hotel, the Barmera Hotel was
originally known as “The Lake Bonney Hotel”, named after the large lake that is
named after explorer Charles Bonney.

This particular
Riverland hotel has a reputation for ghostly goings on and is alleged to be
home to a number of resident spirits.

One ghost has been named “Harold” and is described as
wearing a blue checked shirt and blue jeans. Harold has an eye for the ladies,
particularly younger female staff workers and likes to follow them around the
hotel, touching them inappropriately.

There are also reports of poltergeist type activity,
including plumbing that turns on and off without living human interaction, and
pokies machines that pay out when no-one is playing them.

Another spirit has
been nicknamed “Janie”. Janie is thought to be a youngish woman who may have
once worked at the hotel, or someone who stayed there at some point, passed
away and has returned. Reports on Janie are few and far between and she seems
to be “sensed” more than seen.

The hotels basement
seems to be a hive of spiritual activity, with reports from previous owners and
staff of unusual goings on, cold spots and odd voices in the rooms below the
hotel. It is thought that bodies were stored here for coronial inquests, and
that this might be the source of the haunting.

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All photos remain the property of their respective copyright owners and are displayed here for the purpose of education, research and review under the copyright act "fair usage" clause.

Some photo's used on this website are sourced from The Sate Library of South Australia, and The National Library of Australia and http://www.gawler.nowandthen.net.au - all photos are out of copyright and have no usage restrictions implied.

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On the 7-1-2013, The Haunts of Adelaide was added to The National Library of Australia's "Pandora" archive.http://pandora.nla.gov.au/